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THE ANNUAL ST Patrick’s Day parade through Dublin city is set to be held for the first time in two years, with the annual festival being touted as the biggest ever.
The St Patrick’s Festival 2022 is set to begin on 16 March and last until 20 March, with the flagship parade to be held on Thursday 17 March under the theme of ‘Connections’.
The festival, which had been cancelled the previous two years due to Covid-19, says that there will be “more pageants, more marching bands and more participants than ever before” at the parade.
“Over the last six months, hundreds of Ireland’s most dynamic and innovative performers, musicians, designers, choreographers, pageant engineers, artists and makers have been working on delivering Ireland’s most ambitious street Parade ever, in creativity, scale, length and participant numbers,” said the festival organisers.
The parade will be broadcast live by RTÉ, and will also feature audience interaction elements, according to the festival organisers.
Further details on acts participating in the parade are set to be announced closer to 17 March.
The plans will see the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, transformed into a ‘Festival Quarter’ for the duration of the festival.
The day-to-night urban festival will be held at the heritage site, with a 3,000 capacity main stage, comedy tent and a food and craft village all within the barracks. While daytime events will be free, festival organisers have said that some night events will require a pre-purchased ticket.
Acts set to perform across the five days of the festival include:
“We are so thrilled to bring St. Patrick’s Festival back to the streets of Dublin this coming March,” said Anna McGowan, Interim Director, St. Patrick’s Festival.
“The very best of Ireland’s creative community have come together to present a spectacular programme of events, the biggest, most exciting offering we have ever produced.
Hundreds of artists, arts workers, makers, creators, live events teams and community organisations, drawn from across the nation, will present a magical five days and nights of live and virtual events, from song, story and performance, to film, theatre, tours, food and so much more.
Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alison Gilliland said: “After an absence of two years, it’s wonderful to see the return of St. Patrick’s Festival with in-person events and the parade through our Capital’s streets on March 17th which will include a much-missed international flavour.”
The full festival programme is available on www.stpatricksfestival.ie.
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Queuing up at 9.30 on a Tuesday morning to get into a grotty pub absolutely crammed full of jersey clad students sounds like a fcuking nightmare.
Sounds like a plan. I’m at the bar now if you want me to grab you anything. Just waiting on a Jaeger bomb and two packets of scampi fries.
aw to be 19 again, and have my hair!
In at 10.30 out for the count by 12.30
Wish I could go for a beer at 10.30 am! Well for them all..!! Can only imagine how messy it will be by the evening time do.. I live in Waterford and when it’s rag week our city gets wrecked! Some of the carry on is crazy.. I think I remember a baby jesus getting robbed from a grotto once on rag week once.. This kinda carry on is stupid.. I’m all for everyone having a party and having the craic but they only leave themselves down with stupid carry on like that..
Fair play to them
We have all done it i rem a rag train that did not get back to galway till 5 am we drank all night and day we made the local papers and we all survived
“Very respectful”
At 10:27 they might have been….
Rag weeks are traditionally in February, UCCs one used to be the last week in January, ULs one was the week before the Easter break but I’ve never heard of one at Christmas time… I think the story about baby Jesus being stolen from a grotto was made up!
Have you remembered to switch on the electric blanket ?
Seriously?
h Colin take it easy!!!!! I went to college in Waterford for 4 years!! And I saw,rougher messier night at other times of the year, and that applies to limerick and galway also. Yes you don’t have the mad mob videos you see in the main street of the crowd singing “ya-ya toure” every night but I would bet any money that the guards have arrested well more then 7 on a weekend for drunk and disorderly as,they did 1 of night in rag week in WIT. It’s gotta be taken perspective firstly the vast majority of students do not cause trouble of hassle they enjoy the week. The money that is,raised for charity is surreal, I no WIT was good for it! And lastly I bet anything if people had a chance to do what the students do and go out for the week they would, I’m 25 and finished college and no way I could do a rag week again bit I do have great memories and I enjoyed them. Fair play to them they have the chance to enjoy it so let them enjoy they be fools to miss out on something I say Alot older people are envious of!
*crack
And I thought students were skint and couldn’t afford the Uni fees.
Incidentally, we all haven’t done it. I couldn’t afford to go to Uni and had to go straight to work from school. Also, I wasn’t intelligent enough to go there.
No it’s Waterford it should read ” Jesus they stole a baby from the ghetto “
A lot of jealous people commenting here.
To hell with the begrudgers.
Have a great Donegal Tuesday in Galway.
I’m jealous of the lads in the queue out wearing a flipping t-shirt at 10am while I’m wrapped in 2 t-shirts, a fleece and a jacket all day frozen, christ the difference 15 more years does to ya.
Most students work extremely hard throughout the year, both academically and in part-time work. Not all students have grants, and those that do usually don’t see a cent of it by the time they pay rent, bills and food. We’re entitled to blow off steam, in a week that’s actually aimed at raising money for charity. My college, UCC, also ensures that all students are safe and responsible and don’t harass or annoy local residents. Some students do take it too far, but they’re the only ones who’ll make the news. People are very harsh to criticise young people, often forgetting that they themselves were once young and probably got upto similar antics. What irks me is the kind who get their dole or children’s allowance and go off and spend that on a day in the pub – just think about all that.
Fair play to the journal for highlighting the good behaviours of the crowd, something the Irish examiner failed to do.
Yes I agree with you most students are exactly how you coined it. But it’s 10.30 in the morning and the pub is thriving with students aside from anything else it’s not really healthy to be drinking this early? And not something to be encouraged because let’s face it later on in the day when a minority of students break up the place everyone else will be tarred with the same brush.
I’d see that as more the fault of the bars that are advertising this event and aiming their marketing and such directly at students. If they didn’t decide to put on the event, it wouldn’t be an issue. People are so quick to slam students “drinking culture” but the bars and clubs are only too happy to take their business and fuel it all. If it was a total mess and a shambles the bar/club wouldn’t bother.
How about instead of spending all that money on drink ye donate it to the charitys.
We do. The cover charge into bars and clubs goes to charity. Also, RAG week is about so much more than drinking – something 99% of non-students overlook or ignore. We have music acts, charity leg/chest waxes, iron stomach contests along with many, many more events. It’s a very successful week for raising money for charities, with alcoholic events being just one, overly publicised part.
FFS did you ever go o the piss when you were young. Give the young people a break they’ll be alright.
Pius. Hear hear.. Its great to be young!
Jeez begrudge them their fun why!! What a load of poop your mental to be daft when your young … I drove a taxi in Galway for years and loved the students never had a problem with them .
Good on ya Sinead I’m not young any more but I remember when I was. I was young in the 60,s and 70,s and we drank like fuc&.
Never regretted one minute of it and I’m still around to tell the tale
God bless the next generation of binge drinkers.
Have we really turned into such a nation of moaning Minnies? Many of the comments on this item would suggest so.
feckin students.
To drink there grants away !
*their.
Maybe you should have gotten a grant? It is their not there!
I see the grammar police are out in force today.
Some people really learn to get a life and contribute to society.
I have more respect for Irish Water than I do for grammar police.
Hardly the grammer police Brian but Martin Sinnot makes derogatory comments about students. Just highlighting the irony of his comment. Plus this had nothing to do with Irish Water!
John if not out correcting grammar what was. The purpose of your comment ?
I was contributing to society Brian….
GRAMMAR enthusiasts which point out everyday errors are much fewer interesting compared than normal people, according to researchers etc etc see above more more details.
English please, Mort.
Relax James he’s doing ok it’s getting a bit late you know b
Uncle Mort. We used to call them “teachers pets” or lick ar$e$
Thank God for this beautiful idea, I thought we were breeding a nation of sissies and weaklings. My personal best was 22 pints of real ale in 1.5 hours set in 1973. Previous top day was at least 12 pints of Guinness during Sunday lunchtime in Dublin 1962. Beat that me Galway Hookers :-)
God Id say some of ye here were awful craic when he were in college.
A lot of the commenters here think being Irish means liking being drunk means being great craic.
What do You mean?
I’ve seen far worse videos from American and Canadian uni’s..
A lot of ppl here must be living in glass houses..
Hope all the students had a great day
Roll on 9months from tonight…wonder how many “Donegal” babies will be arriving!!!
How many more times have I to remind Journal journos that “got” is the Past and Present Participle of the verb “to get”. “Gotten” is an Americanism.
GRAMMAR enthusiasts which point out everyday errors are much fewer interesting compared than normal people, according to researchers.
The Institute for Studies say people who write letters complaining about the use of ‘your’, ‘you’re and ‘youre’ have less friends and are fewer able to socially mix. Doctor Henry Brubaker, the institutes head of grammar, says: “Words are very important. They convey meaning and emotion, but they can also be used to bore the tits off you.
Take, for instance, the sentence; ‘If there is one thing I really hate, it is bad grammar. He added: If anyone asks you what is wrong with William Shatners speech at the beginning of Star Trek, remember that the correct response is to say, I am now going to call you an arse, boldly.
As ever , the Mash has a handle on things.
I felt great sympathy for Paul Fanshaw/ it annoys me too, but that’s hilarious! I’ll have to lighten up!
Marvellous should be encouraged, I commend this level of consumption.
Indeed. Rahoo. Oi oi
Sounds fun – life is short
for donegal people this could be considered work experience… standing in a queue on a tuesday :D
How come all the holy ones didnt make it in the news last week queueing up going to the cathedral for mass…….Rumour has it things got ugly in it when the priest ran out of wine.
Can I make a suggestion that all parents whose “little dotes” are in college and who may be in Galway today that these parents give them a call to hear where their hard earned money given to support these students is being spent. I know this only applies to hopefully a minority of students but it might be an eye opener for many parents.
Only because their too cheap to do a dublin Saturday
What is this Dublin you speak of?
I’m scarlet for anyone in that gormless queue. Line up to drink? I wouldn’t do it at Disney. Get a life, sheeple.
I reckon the comment about the races in the article is spot on but people wont slate race week because of d’economy. One arrest is feck all it couodve happened any night so what harm are they doing. Im sure the pubs are delighted with being packed out on a Tuesday in February
Right they are cus they’ll be old for long enough….
Sheep love queues.
Baa baaaa baaa n a baaa of cheese n onion baa. There’ll be some ramming done tonight. Baaaa
St. Michaels House has internet, I guess…
And your a pri@k go to bed
Queuing for a pub to start drinking at 9:30?!?!?! And plan to drink for the day??!?!?! That is so very sad. Glad to read they are all being respectful tho….nice to see the majority are headlining rather than the minority who usually give students a bad name…..
For me the thoughts of getting up early to que to get into a pub at half 9 in the morning makes my stomach turn. The health implications are just horrendous for this kind of drinking, even if just for one day…..Oh and paddy’s day, and good Friday, every student night, weekends and any other days people decide is a good day for ‘the session and a bit of craic ‘.
I hope they continue to be their normal respectful selves and the alcohol doesn’t affect their judgement to much today :-)
Sam I think you should organise a couple of prayer sessions, maybe in a bar somewhere and we can talk about this seriously
God Id say some of ye here were awful craic when ye were in college.
All for going out drinking having the craic ect but didn’t a young student drown in Galway last week after been out drinking on a mystery tour?! Maybe a little respect should have been shown and this day drinking held off for a week or two…
Fine, let them go out and drink. Responsibly. My main problem is that most of these students probably are in some way funded by the tax payer and are missing a lot of college just to get hammered.
Is it just me or is it brighter in Donegal at 10.30?
Or Galway even?
What I find difficult to understand is now the parents of these students can afford to finance the 10.30 am start.
And these student might be future doctors. Drunken wasters . Grants should be taken off them.
Dave get a fuc&&ing life
Love to know where they get the money?
Part time jobs I’d imagine. Where do you get your money?
The video is a grand advert for Olay.
I’ve no problem whatsoever with rag week and all it entails, what I do have a problem with is this student john saying its part of our culture. I like a drink as much as the next man but I hate the fact that every big occasion in this country has to be a massive session. St Patrick’s day our national holiday is a disgrace in my opinion, temple bar is a battlefield by 5pm. Then Arthur’s day was invented as an extra drinking day and has been discontinued due to bad press. Part of our culture is international success in a variety of sports on a world stage, part of our culture is literary greats, beautiful countryside, fantastic people, historical sites and many more, not how pissed up we can get
Muppet! Hope he fails his course!!!
The fun will really start when they find out about the impromptu class tests that are being conducted this week. A few little darling will pay a heavy price for this and i am delighted about that :D
Muppet sheep..
A very sad reflection on the youth of Ireland.
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